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Archive for January 16th, 2008

16
Jan

The New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project Is Pseudoscientific Garbage, Pt. 2

Following up on yesterday’s item (”Dear Tom, You’re Not Helping“): Defamer has another eye-opening piece of Scientology propaganda here, and it deals directly with that exploitative quack Scientology “org” that’s been tricking sick 9/11 workers into thinking they’re getting better. I’ll try to transcribe Tom Cruise’s meandering dreck as best as I can. As the narrator’s reading the bizarrely written voiceover copy, you see various clips of the 9/11 cleanup, Cruise at Ground Zero wasting people’s time, Cruise paying a visit to the worse-than-useless “detox” center, and so forth:

Cruise: A Scientologist is someone who can look at the world and really see what it is. Not only look at it and see it, but be able to go [intense hand motion and "poof" sound] and be effective and do something about it. Uh… And someone who’s not asking permission to do that. Why ask permission? We are the authorities.

Narrator: And nothing says that better than the Mr. Cruise response to the wake-up call in the aftermath of 9/11. Now, of course, if you’re Tom Cruise, just lending your name to a cause can generate more energy than most people hope for in a lifetime. But he never merely lends his name. If he takes a stand, it’s pedal to the metal till the finish line! As in helping New York firemen. He first saw the dust and heard the cough when descending to the ruins, and where he bolstered morale among firemen. The devastation had spread an unprecedented combination of toxins through the air. And it was lethal!

NYC paramedic Izzy Miranda: All they was doing was medical screening. Nobody was aggressively treating these people to give them a better quality of life.

Cruise: The EPA came out and said the air was clean. And of course, as a Scientologist, you go, “That’s a lie. Out-point, lie.” Y’know, you just go, “Liar, [snaps fingers] fine.”

Narrator: It was the “Ground Zero Cough,” and nobody knew the cure. And while he could have provided a statement in support, that’s not how Tom drives. Rather, he personally saw to the establishment of the first New York Hubbard detox project. And no: He did not ask permission!

Great Balls of Xenu, these people are out of their freaking minds. I mean, I knew that, but I didn’t know that.

“Out-point,” that’s another nice piece of Scientology jargon. Boy, that ol’ L. Ron came up with a new word for everything, didn’t he? Except “shame.”

P.S. Even more reasons to be disgusted with Scientology, if you aren’t already.

16
Jan

BET Founder Criticizes, Gets Rich Off Drug Use

While campaigning for Hillary Clinton at one of her rallies, Robert L. Johnson, the president and founder of Black Entertainment Television, alluded to Barack Obama’s admitted drug use:

bob_johnson.jpg“And to me, as an African-American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues since Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood — and I won’t say what he was doing, but he said it in the book — when they have been involved.”

For those of you new to the game, in his memoir Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Obama wrote about how he dabbled in pot and cocaine during high school.

The thing is, BET and Johnson have gotten wealthy beyond measure promoting entertainment stars who are famous for their drug addictions as much as for their talent.

Take Whitney Houston, for example: BET gave her its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Rapper DMX was arrested in 2004 on drug charges but that didn’t stop BET from giving him his own reality show. And the BET.com website has a whole page glorifying Ike Turner, who, it was just announced, died of a cocaine overdose.

Johnson, by the way, ranked on the Forbes 400 in 2006 with a net worth of $1 billion.

16
Jan

That Was Quick

tracey-edmonds-eddie-murphy1.jpgEddie Murphy and Tracy Edmonds, 1/1/08: “I do.”

Eddie Murphy and Tracy Edmonds, 1/16/08: “Never mind.”

Yay, the sanctity of marriage!

So, what took Edmonds so long to realize she can still get Eddie Murphy’s money without actually having to live with Eddie Murphy?

16
Jan

Not So Yummo, I Guess

rachael_ray.jpgCeleb chef (and closet diva) Rachael Ray was in New York last week filming a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial when an assistant handed her a cup of the company’s coffee. She took a sip and graciously responded:

“What is this sh-t? Get me MY coffee.”

And wouldn’t continue until someone located a Starbucks.

But she was all smiles when Dunkin’ started cutting her some fat checks last year:

“Everyone always asks me how I manage my schedule, and the answer is coffee,” said Ray. “Having grown up in the Northeast, I have a long-standing and deep appreciation for Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee.”

It certainly seems that way.




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